Get to know Susan Pinnock, a public health nurse with the Washington County Health Department in Beaverton, Oregon. We talk about her career path in nursing and what it takes to be a public health nurse.

Make sure you check out the entire October 2014 issue of Nursing Notes, where we take a look at public health nurses. You can read the entire issue online at www.discovernursing.com and don’t miss the other Nursing Notes Live episode this month where I chat with two leading public health nurses. Leo Saligan, is the principal investigator at the National Institute of Nursing Research within the National Institutes of Health, and Nancy Shapirois Executive Director of the Association of Public Health Nurses. You’ll find this and other episodes of Nursing Notes Live in the podcast area on iTunes.